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Public budget discussion fops
valley Town Council agenda tonight
By WALT NETT The tentative budget, as The propsosed budget improve the furnishings in
An open discussion of Oro proposed by the council, is includes a $76,000 police the conference room at the
ara iks resumed Valley's tentative 1977-78 $240,048, according to fund request, Lamberson town hall, which also
budget will be the main Mayor Lois Lamberson. said, adding that the in- serves as the magistrate's
item for consideration at Following the public crease from last year courtroom.
• the Oro Valley Town discussion, the council will would be used to increase In other action, the
Council meeting Thursday adopt a tentative budget, the size of the police force. council will have a public
on annexation at 7:30 p.m. in the Canyon which could be changed as The planning and zoning hearing on an amendment_
del Oro High School library a result of public budget has been recom- to the town's final plat
classroom. statements at the meeting. mended for a $1,000 in- approval procedures.
A brief preliminary Engineer James Kriegh.<<We discussed possible BU �� However, the adopted crease,which,if approved, Lamberson said the
tentative budget sets the would be used to continue matter is a housekeepimeeting was held Fridayupper limit for further work on the town'sgeneral ordinance."
between representatives boundaries," Engle said. g
proposing annexation of "There were no decisions budget considerations. plan and to review the When the procedures •
land around Tucson made and nothing ear- it It may be reduced before feasibility of localizing the were originally approved,
,
National Golf Club to Oro thshaking was done." the final budget is adopted towns zoning ordinance, the two paragraphs to be
Valley and a three-member According to Mayor Lois in July,but the final budget while repair and upkeep reinserted through the
"fact-finding" committee Lamberson,the committee - may not be increased expenses in the highway amendment were deleted
.- beyond the levels budget have been through a typist's error.
if
appointed by the Town was appointed to see the
Council. annexation would be presented in the tentative recommended for an in-
Oro Valley Vice-Mayor feasible from the town's The Oro Valley Police budget. crease from $5,000 to
E.S. "Steve" Engle, who standpoint. Dept. is investigating a Lamberson said several $9,000. HAVE A NICE DAY!
was appointed spokesman Lamberson said the pair of burglaries which budget areas have received In addition, some $800
for the group, said that committee has been given occurred last week. increases this year. has been requested to
much of the hour-long no deadline for reporting One, which occurred in
meeting was spent on the proposal. the 500 block of Calle
discussing boundaries and Although the matter is Concordia involved the loss
briefing Oro Valley still purely under of jewelry and money
committee member Al discussion, Lamberson valued at $741, while the
Montgomery on the said the council would hold other, in the 400 block of
situation. a public hearing in Oro West Orango involved the
Engle and Montgomery Valley on the proposal if it theft of a color television
are joined on the Oro gets to the point of con- valued at $350.
Valley committee by Town sidering petitions. A two-car accident at
Calle Loma Linda and
Sewer Calle Concordia sent one
hospital
treatment person to the last
Complacency
week. (Continued from Page 4)
• • Sue Strand was taken to BeckySylvester from the Arizona League of
i C o m e e ' � Tucson General Hospital y
SCities
where she was treated for Cities and Towns,there was nobody present
The residents of the volvement in the planning lacerations after her car representing the town's population.
metropolitan Tucson area process. collided with a pickup I, too was there, wondering where I and
will have an opportunity to truck driven by Steve my counterparts had failed.
speak their minds about A regional facility plan Arford.
the regional sew Arf was cited for
lyd My understanding as a political scientist
is required by the U.S.
g age 'Environmental Protection was that Oro Valleywas formed as an at-
treatment facilities that failure to yield the right of
are being planned for the Agency to plan for cost way and no registration in tempt at self-determination; protecting
metropolitan area by the effective treatment of our the truck.
• metropolitan area sewage" itself from zoning cases handled in a
City of Tucson and Puna .. Clark said. Oro Valley Police Chief somewhat arbitrary manner at times by
County. Fred Roof accounced that
George Clark, Project Public meetings will be the department will be Pima County.
Manager for the joint city held Saturday, June 25 at crackingdown on dirt In an interview some two weeks ago with
and countyRegional y Mayor Lamberson, she repeatedly stressed
g 9 00 a.m. at Woods bikes.
Facility Planning effort, Memorial Branch Library, This follows citations to me that this was the public's chance to
announced the public 3455 North First Avenue given to juveniles last week make themselves heard before the council
participation schedule of and July 6 at 7:00 p.m. at for disturbing the peace set the tentative budget -- which sets the
meetings and noted the the Wilmot Branch and disorderly conduct on budget ceilingfor the town.
importance of public in- Library,530 North Wilmot. their dirt bikes. g
The only thing I can chalk it up to is
complacency.
Public complacency in this political
l
world
CommentAof ours is a prettydangerous thing.
It leads to Federal politicians voting
themselves pay increases in a rush,
CO mplacency misspending of bond funds, a high and
mighty attitude from government officials
and their bureaucratic offspring and high
in Oro Valley ? crimes like Watergate.
In other words,Oro Valley, it's your town.
In the final accounting, the members of the
council are ordinary citizens of Oro Valley
By WALT NETT just like you.
The comment you are about to read is Since the town belongs to all of you, it's a
true. No names have been changed to good idea to make your feelings known --
protect witnesses since there were no
both pro and con -- about the budget, which
witnesses present. will have impacts both now and in the future
Last Thursday was a fairly routine fourth ony our town.
Thursday of the month. You'll have another chance in July to
I never plan any social activities for that discuss the final budget.
time, since the Oro Valley Town Council I you'll hope be there.
meets on the fourth Thursday of every If nothingelse, it will prevent me from
month.
feeling guilty about defrauding Territorial
Budget hearing stories are a fairly Publishers and our subscribers out of my
routine part of summer life for reporters salary for covering such a routine meeting.
working government beats. You wait for the
people to show up and listen to their com-
plaints, go back to your typewriter and put
it all on paper. ,--
That's the point -- there were no com-
plaining people last Thursday at Oro
Valley's Town Council meeting.
In fact,outside of Mayor Lois Lamberson,
Vice-Mayor E.S. "Steve" Engle, Coun-
cilman Al Carey, Town Attorney Walt
Henderson, Zoning Administrator Dorothy
Montgomery, Police Chief Fred Roof, Town
Clerk Dorothy Morse and a late-arriving
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